Musical Ideas Quotes by Beck

There are certain records that you love because the songs are great, but you don't go to them as an example of great production.

— Beck

[Early on,] the attitude was that what I was doing wasn't music.

— Beck

It gets a little bit troublesome when you have something that's overcompressed that shouldn't be.

— Beck

Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead

— Beck

I'm always looking for older equipment and ways of recording, but you can't escape the fact that it's all going to be digitized and…

— Beck

I did that Grammys thing - I did a little freeform poem.

— Beck

There's a perception that if an artist produces another artist, they're going to imprint on them. But I'm the opposite. I want to hear…

— Beck

Tonight the city is full of morgues, and all the toilets are overflowing. There's shopping malls coming out of the walls, as we walk…

— Beck

I think it's interesting being American, the expectations for an American guy, and the image that has to be projected. 'Oh, I can't wear…

— Beck

Technology was something I avoided when I started out - I didn't even have electric guitars. Only played acoustic.

— Beck

I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I…

— Beck

Originally, the lyrics to "Girl" were really upbeat, and then it didn't work for me somehow. You need the dichotomy. If you're doing something…

— Beck

“There's a destination,a little up the road. From the habitations and the towns we know. A place we saw the lights turn low. The…

— Beck

As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate.

— Beck

With modern recording techniques, and living in the Pro Tools era, the process gets really drawn-out, and it can become painstaking.

— Beck